Synonyms | Related Words | Antonymsaugust : of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"August 1 : commemorates Saint Peter''s miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in EnglandAugust 15 : celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary''s being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox churchAugust : the month following July and preceding Septembermid-August : the middle part of AugustAugust 6 : (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesusaugust : profoundly honored; "revered holy men"August F. Mobius : German mathematician responsible for the Mobius strip (1790-1868)August plum : wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh